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Fla. cop shoots, kills machete-wielding man

A confrontation ended when an officer shot and killed a man who charged at police with a machete - Full Story

NY cops fire 84 shots at suspect, who lives

Man charged with killing his sleeping kid sister - Full Story

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Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. - Passion for the Job

The 'excited utterance' and officer-involved trauma

In making 'spontaneous exclamations' or 'res gestae statements' following a critical incident, an officer is merely trying to construct a narrative that makes sense to a freshly-traumatized brain - Full Story

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Lt. Dan Marcou - SWAT Officer

Officer John Carter: A story of overcoming

Helen Keller once said, “All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.” Disney has made a... - Full Story

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5 NOPD cops convicted in trial

Prosecutors in the Katrina bridge shooting case had said that officers opened fire on an unarmed family, killing a 17-year-old (AP Photo). Wounding four others

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A blue-on-blue officer-involved shooting

Virginia police shot and killed 34-year-old Ricardo Leon, a Lieutenant with the Naval Observatory Police who was off duty at the time of the shooting. According to one report, Leon had pointed his gun at officers. - Full Story

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Shooting center mass: The dangers of denial

In the third and final part of this three-part series, PoliceOne Contributor Roy Bedard looks at police deadly force training in the United States - Full Story

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Law enforcement's recurring nightmare

When a police shooting results in the death of a police officer (or officers), the impact is severe, devastating, and heart-wrenching. - Full Story

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Will to Win: Four OIS incidents in one impressive career

LT. Randy Sutton has been involved in four officer involved shootings during his career. He shares his story of the most recent shooting he witnessed which involved a murder-suicide situation. Sutton was very impressed with the way his team handled the situation, both professionally and tactically. He explains that as a leader, he wanted to be sure his team walked away from the situation feeling healthy and confident in their decisions.